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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pete had received the call alerting him to the disappearance of Neil Spencer just as he was sitting down to eat which meal?
(a) Brunch.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Lunch.
(d) Dinner.

2. What quality does Pete recognize within the call Jane Carter made to him many years ago?
(a) Self-preservation.
(b) Courage.
(c) Desperation.
(d) Spite.

3. Nearly all of the pictures Jake draws are of what types of scenes?
(a) Bank robberies.
(b) Murders.
(c) Battles.
(d) Dances.

4. Across what type of feature is the predator in Chapter 1 tracking the little boy named Neil?
(a) A public park.
(b) A swamp.
(c) A golf course.
(d) A piece of waste ground.

5. What lie does Tom tell Jake in Chapter 9?
(a) That the front door is locked.
(b) That they have plenty of money.
(c) That he misses Rebecca.
(d) That Jake will make new friends at school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of T-shirt is pulled up over Neil Spencer's face when his body is found in Tom's garage?

2. in which season of the year do Tom and Jake move into their new home on Garholt Street?

3. What is the name of the worker at the 567 Club who is kind to Jake?

4. Who was the first person to find Rebecca after her death?

5. Tom is making coffee in Chapter 13 when he sees a man outside near what part of Tom's property?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whose courage does Pete admire in Chapter 12 when he reflects upon the capture of Frank Carter?

2. What aspect of Jake's drawing bothers Tom in Chapter 8?

3. What symbolism does Tom see within the name Featherbank?

4. For what reason has Tom worried about the trajectory of his career in the wake of Rebecca's death?

5. What development causes Pete to tell Amanda that there is likely a break in the Neil Spencer case coming up?

6. When the girl in the checked white-and-blue dress repeats the whole rhyme to Jake in Chapter 17, what acts does it warn against taking?

7. What event occurs at the end of Part Two that causes Tom to call the police?

8. With what sentiment does the writer of the prologue end his address to his son Jake?

9. How did Jake learn about the death of his mother, Rebecca?

10. What new details about the Tony Smith case does the reader learn in Chapter 7?

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